kidnappings

Israeli army soldiers take part in the search operation for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, on June 17, 2014 in the West Bank town of Hebron. [File photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli fakes own kidnapping, Palestinians pay the price

Israelis were enraged by the ‘prank’ yet somehow managed to ignore the army’s violent response of house-to-house searches, closures and arrests. By Yael Marom About the same time that news of a nuclear deal with Iran made its way into the headlines Thursday night, reports came out about the suspected kidnapping of an Israeli in the…

By +972 Magazine April 3, 2015

Family and friends of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel, three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and killed in the West Bank, take part in their funeral in the city of Modi’in, Israel, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Beyond Gaza: Runners-up for 2014’s ‘Story of the Year’

The Gaza war was a clear choice for +972’s selection as story of the year (read it here). But the other nominated stories need to be told, too. +972 bloggers explain why they made their nominations. From the kidnappings to a new paradigm for Jewish-Arab relations to a growing opposition among U.S. Jews. The kidnap-murder…

By +972 Magazine December 31, 2014

Funeral of Hamza Zayed Jaradat and Zayed Juma Jaradat, two 12-year-old Palestinian children killed by an unexploded mortar left behind by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Sa'ir, near Hebron, March 7, 2012. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Details of Palestinian deaths jeopardize a system of denial

The news says, ‘the IDF doesn’t kill children in vain.’ And everyone here nods with a serious ‘moral gaze.’ By Nir Baram While mourning the horrific murder of the three Israeli boys by despicable murderers, yet again we hear the familiar calls of, “in times like these there is no Left and Right. We are…

By +972 Magazine July 7, 2014

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Illustrative photo of Jewish extremists. (Courtesy of RHR)

‘Our’ murderers – what would Arendt and Buber say?

There is soul-searching and there is the self-gratifying appearance of soul-searching. The deception of the latter lies within the words: ‘Tear out these wild weeds from among us.’ Confession: I held out hope, to the last minute, that the murderers of Mohammed Abu Khdeir would not be “mine” – Israeli, Jewish. The hope that they…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 7, 2014

Family and friends of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel, three Israeli teenagers who were abducted over two weeks ago, take part in their funeral in the city of Modiin, Israel, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

The Israeli nation collectively mourns – but why?

Paradoxically, the feeling that those who were killed could have been our children – feeling as though they are our children – is one of the mechanisms that convinces people to send their children to kill and to die. By Inna Michaeli In the days following the announcement of the murder of the three abducted…

By +972 Magazine July 7, 2014

Palestinians carry the body of Muhammed Abu Khdeir through the streets of Shuafat. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘Jewish extremists’ arrested in murder of Palestinian teen in Jerusalem

Details of the police investigation into the kidnapping and murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir have been held under gag order. Six suspects identified as “Jewish extremists” were arrested in connection to the heinous murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, police revealed as details began emerging about the investigation Sunday morning. All details about the investigation have…

By Mairav Zonszein July 6, 2014

Netanyahu (Yotam Ronen / Activestills)

A premier failure: Where is Israel’s leadership?

With Netanyahu’s hints at revenge, his imperviousness toward the rage surrounding the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir and his complete absence in the Israeli media, the prime minister is a party to the growing Jewish-Arab animosity. Instances of violence between Jews and Arabs are piling up: the video from the bus in Tel Aviv, reports of…

By Noam Sheizaf July 5, 2014

An Israeli Border Police officer puts out a fire as clashes subside following the funeral of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, Shuafat, East Jerusalem, July 4, 2014. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Kidnappings leave a wake of ‘revenge,’ racist violence

Jewish motorists are pulled from their vehicles; Liberman exploits nationalist tensions; victim of East Jerusalem police beating is an American teenager; settlers make new land grab, set up new West Bank outpost. Clashes continued throughout the night in East Jerusalem following the funeral of Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir on Friday, who was kidnapped and reportedly burned…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 5, 2014

Palestinian medics evacuate a Palestinian protester during a protest following the suspected kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager, East Jerusalem, July 2, 2014. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Checkpoints and blood drives: East Jerusalem hospitals cope with clashes

The director of one of East Jerusalem’s busiest hospitals explains the unique challenges in treating demonstrators under occupation. ‘I don’t know what will happen, or when it will happen, but there will be trouble.’ By Corey Sherman As violent clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in Shuafat surrounding the murder of Muhammad Abu Khadr began…

By +972 Magazine July 4, 2014

Israeli settlers near the site where the bodies of the three abducted teens where found (photo: Activestills.com)

How the public was manipulated into believing the teens were alive

Details under gag order could have suggested early on that the abducted teens were murdered. The government-led campaign calling for their release helped the legitimacy of Israel’s military operation in the West Bank. Local and even international media played along. The following issue is not the heart of the kidnapping affair, the Israeli military operation…

By Noam Sheizaf July 2, 2014

Israeli army soldiers take part in the search operation for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, on June 17, 2014 in the West Bank town of Hebron. [File photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

From kidnapping to collapse: The beginning of the end?

In the end, the unsustainability of warehousing Palestinians will force the hand of the international community. The Israeli government, so strong it does not know when to stop, will lead us to that moment. By Jeff Halper The kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli youths in the West Bank has unleashed a military operation marking…

By +972 Magazine July 2, 2014

Israeli soldiers enter the city of Halhul, near Hebron, in a search for the three kidnapped teenagers. (photo: Activestills)

Three kidnapped Israeli teens found dead in the West Bank

Kidnappings led to the largest military operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada. Israeli military forces on Monday located the bodies of three teenage yeshiva students who have been missing and assumed kidnapped for over two weeks. The bodies of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel were found buried in a field near Halhoul, in…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 30, 2014

Clashes erupt after the Israeli army raided Balata Refugee Camp and several neighborhoods in Nablus, West Bank, June 27, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

‘I don’t want my kids to experience a third intifada’

The kidnapping of three Israeli teens started a chain of events that has affected people of all stripes, Jewish and Palestinian, and in different places. A reflective diary of the kidnappings, as they touch others. By Leanne Gale Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 2:00 p.m. “I’m parked in front of the market.” I have no idea what…

By +972 Magazine June 28, 2014